Marijuana activists marched from West 31st Street to Union Square Park on Saturday, celebrating cannabis culture and rallying for an end to criminalization. Once at…
Are YOU Ready For the Revolution? Our Top 5 May Day Weekend Picks
Whether you know it as International Workers Day or as spring-inflected May Day, this year’s May 1 falls on a weekend, which means two days packed to the brim…
Bern Down For What: Hundreds of Sanders Supporters Marched For Bernie
Chants of “Feel the Bern,” “Not for sale,” and “We are the 99 percent!” echoed down Broadway on Saturday as New Yorkers participated in a…
Shops and Union Square Theatre Vacate Tammany Hall, Clearing Way For Makeover
There was a closing sale today at Frank’s Wine and Liquor store on 46 Union Square East, one of four stores forced to leave the historic…
Film School and Theater Clear Out of Tammany Hall Ahead of Retail Makeover
The New York Film Academy has left Tammany Hall and another tenant, the Union Square Theater, will soon follow suit as the landmarked building that was once home to a corrupt…
These Pop-Ups Are Your Top Shop Opps
The law has spoken: leggings are not pants and the sidewalks of New York are not your yoga mat. So toss out the athleisure wear and take advantage of these two shopping…
Get to ‘No’ Normal Bob Smith, Union Square’s Chronicler of Kooks
“No Your City,” Nicholas Heller’s brilliant YouTube series of short docs, normally focuses on colorful street characters like Ms. Colombia (the neon-bearded cross-dresser with the…
Photos: May Day March Calls For Workers Rights and End to Police Brutality
An estimated 1,000 protesters rallied in Union Square Friday afternoon for a May Day rally for worker and immigrant rights. People gathered in support of…
Photos+Video: Arrests and Injuries as New Yorkers Protest Police Brutality
Over 100 people were arrested in New York City last night as hundreds protesting the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore police custody gathered in…
Skirmishes, Arrests as Police Brutality Protesters March Over Brooklyn Bridge
Hundreds of New Yorkers protesting police brutality took over Broadway today and marched from Union Square to the Brooklyn Bridge, where some clashed with police amidst stalled traffic.